Fiercy Dino!

What can I use if I don't have brads, a wooden craft stick, or thick cardboard?

If you don't have brads to 'push through both holes', substitute a paper fastener/split pin or make a taped hinge by overlapping the holes and securing with strong tape, replace the wooden craft stick handle with a glued strip of stiff cardboard, a straw, or a ruler, and use a cereal box or cardstock in place of thick cardboard while relying on markers instead of paint if needed.

My dinosaur jaw won't open smoothly or the handle keeps coming off — what should I try?

If the jaw is stiff or floppy after you 'make small holes' and insert the brad, slightly widen the holes with the pencil tip or add a tiny washer or cardboard spacer before bending the prongs flat, and if the glued wooden craft stick handle is loose, press and clamp it while the glue dries or add a second dab of PVA glue and let it cure fully.

How can I adapt this Fiercy Dino activity for different ages?

For toddlers have an adult pre-cut the head and jaw, use a tape hinge and markers for coloring, and for older kids encourage freehand drawing with the pencil and ruler, use acrylic paints for the 'base coat', and add extra brads for more moving parts.

What are easy ways to enhance or personalize the finished dino puppet?

After you 'paint a base coat' and 'use paints or markers to add scales, teeth, eyes', glue on googly eyes, felt or foam teeth, add glitter or textured paper for scales, or attach a second brad to create an articulated tongue and mount several puppets on a shoebox stage for a puppet show.